Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
Indiana.

ibo 10 tht NhAy W. wiz - o.~-'-~
Indiana to begin the work Of electing q
United States Senator 10 succeed Mr..
HARRIsoS. II the two houses fail to
meet separately, or to vote, to-day,
they will meet tomorrow in joint SEES
sion--the two houses in one hall-and
then by a vipa-voce vote proceed to
elect United States Senator.
The Republicans had at last accounts
unseated one Democratic member of
the lower house, and were expected to
unseat another yesterday, thus giving
them majority on joint ballot, and
enabling them to choose Mr.. HARRI-
SONS successor. But the Democrats,
who have majority in the Senate,
we're not idle. They appeared to be
ready to meet their opponents. Per
haps they unseated some Republicans
yesterday; though as this would he a
dangerous game for a small body to be-
gin to play with large one, it is to be
presumed that the Democrats would
ponder the matter well before acting.
If, however, they should unseat all the
Republicans and then resign and break
up the Senate, the Indiana Republican
House of Representatives wouldproceed
to elect a United States Senator, and
the United States Senate would proba-
bly-not certainly him into that
body.
These outrages of the Republican
party upon the rights.ef the people are
calculated to bring our boosted free in
stitutions into contempt. Before that
party came into power such Outrages
were unknown.
A telegram in the New York HeraM
reports Senator VOORHEES, as follows:
Senator Voorhees,, who left this morn
ing for Washington, said, in an inter
view before his departure: 81 think
the Democrats have got the best of the
fight 80 far. The unseating of Mea-
CHER was bold and unscrupulous de-
privation of the rights of citizen. 1t
was political robbery, and the United
States Senate will never sanction it.
The Republicans will next unseat Beas-
ley, ana they will elect Mr.. Harrison.
The Democrats will elect Judge Turpie.
Meagher and Beasley will cast their
votes in the joint Convention. If the
Democrats will send Judge Turpie to
Washington with seventy-six votes be-
hind him, including those of the ex-
peeled members, and with the Gre
dentials of the Governor and the Pre-
sident and Secretary of the Senate, he
will, in my opinion, be admitted. l
will present his case for him, and if /
do not do it in way that my people
will approve 1 will resign my seat in
the Senate"
"Will not the record show that Beas-
ley and Meagher had been expelled be-
fore they cast their votes in the joint
Convention"
81 want the record to show it, said
Senator Voorhees,, "and / shall show
why they were expelled l shall show
that they were expelled for no other
reason than TO secure partisan ma
jority. | shall make the case SO plain
that the United States Senate will never
consent to a justification of the high
handed robbery, and the country will
know that Senator Harrison owes his
election to that robbery. | want the
case to be one can defend for the Dem
ocrats.
p. S. The Circuit Court Of Indianap-
oils yesterday granted an injunction
forbidding Mr.. ROBERTSON, Republic
can claiming to be Meutenant-Gover-
nor, to act as President of the Senate.
If he acts at oil he will be the real Presi-
dent, not President pro tcm.-that
is, he will be President in virtue of his
office of Lieutenant Governor. This
injunction case has gone up to the SUI
preme Court, which, it is to be hoped,
will to-day render a decision perpetu-
ating the injunction. Even then the
Republicans will find some way of
cheating the Democrats.